Senior eschewing starter in evening meal (5)
I believe the answer is:
upper
'starter in evening meal' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
I cannot understand how the rest of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for upper that I've seen before include "Stimulant drug (informal)" , "Part of a shoe; drug" , "Higher; part of shoe" , "Higher-ranking" , "that's found in shoe" .)